unimportant
adjective
un·im·por·tant
ˌən-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt 
especially Southern US and New England -tənt,
-dənt
unimportantly
adverb
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Similar to other online open-world games, Dune: Awakening will allow players to play as seemingly unimportant characters who eventually become part of the power struggle on Arrakis.
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The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
Can one seemingly unimportant decision change everything?
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Although this meeting impacted all our livelihoods—my agency to sell ad campaigns and their practice to sell Botox, eye-lifts, and nose-jobs—everyone understood that a sales pitch about the importance of ‘beauty’ was suddenly unimportant.
—Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Whether this is realistic or wish fulfillment is unimportant.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
That’s true in many important senses, but also in plenty of unimportant ones, and the urge to make order and meaning doesn’t necessarily select for relevance.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2024
Whether Jones would get the half-sack needed to claim the bonus was one of the few storylines worth watching in a mostly unimportant game.
—Dan Greenspan, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
The inconsistency is unimportant, and an extended apology really would make things worse.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
For many Western observers, what concerns Russia’s 140 million people is unimportant.
—Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
Can one seemingly unimportant decision change everything?
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Although this meeting impacted all our livelihoods—my agency to sell ad campaigns and their practice to sell Botox, eye-lifts, and nose-jobs—everyone understood that a sales pitch about the importance of ‘beauty’ was suddenly unimportant.
—Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Whether this is realistic or wish fulfillment is unimportant.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
That’s true in many important senses, but also in plenty of unimportant ones, and the urge to make order and meaning doesn’t necessarily select for relevance.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2024
Whether Jones would get the half-sack needed to claim the bonus was one of the few storylines worth watching in a mostly unimportant game.
—Dan Greenspan, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
The inconsistency is unimportant, and an extended apology really would make things worse.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
For many Western observers, what concerns Russia’s 140 million people is unimportant.
—Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
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“Unimportant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimportant. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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